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Diamante Poems

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Third graders discuss what diamante stands for in English. They discover the elements of a Diamante poem by observing the teacher writing a poem. Using their journals, 3rd graders create their poem using different parts of speech and other given parameters.

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3rd
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English Language Arts
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